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gendeman, there are- seventeen other iettivicluals hi chains for the same cause—five .at Nismes four at Toulon— six at Perpignan Colonel . Gauchais at Montpellier, and Colonel Sauseet in Paris. The offence for which 3L Dublas is detained is for non-retelaikft—an offence • ritnked by Tiberius as high treasou—but which has long since exploded as a crime in France. (From au Jour►+al des Debate.) The letters from Warsaw are silent as to the departure of the kmperor Constantine. No public act bad appeared in Poland indicating the acceptance of the sovereignty by Constantine, who remained in Warsaw on the 30th of December. We barn by some Italian Papers received this morning, that considerable damage had been experience•dd in Italy from 'towns and consequent intimidations : Tv Rix. Dze. 20. Letters from Rome give detailed accounts from Ferrara of the inundation of the Po, which had risen to an extraordinary height. At Pesaro there was a terrible hurricane on the oth, which *allied the sea to overflow the port and part of the town, and did great damage to the mole. An ancient bastion was entirely de. strayed. On the 10th the sea became rather more calm. It iv feared th..t great damage must have been done to the port of !Inigaglia, because the newly-erected works cannot be suftici• eddy eonsolilated to resist such an extraordinary impetus of the wares.—Letters from Comaccio of the 12th say, there had been *mutant storms on the itch, 9th, 10th, 11th, and lath ; that the sea had risen to a very great height and inundated the mitlatty.—(Gazetta Pionotittse, Dec. 29.) There was an arrival of German Papers, this; morning, but tl►eir co►►tents are not of political interest. A Vienna Gazette given *the follow , ing melancholy ►letail of a lire at Johanniqburg VIENNA, Dim. Vt. On the 4th, at nine in the evening, a fire broke out at Johan. aesherg, in the circle of Trappau, which a high wind imme. Cutely spread to the middle of the town. In a short time 1141 houses were in flames. All attempts to stop their progress were in vein, though the inhabitant►► of the neighbouring country, and all the engines 'that could be procured, were on the spot, even from the Prussian fortress of NeisAe, which is 18 miles dis. taut. The fire, fanned by the constant south winds, continued to barn under the ruins of the houses, which were for the most part of brick, and the danger continued for tour days, for, on the 7th, the steeple of the Church was burning, the body of the building having been already destroyed. ,Even the vaults are broken in. The whole place is a heap of ruins, above 300 families are without shelter in this inclement season, reduced to extreme distress, with no prospect of help but from heaven and the compassion of the benevolent.—(Frani.fori Papers, July 3.) A Flanders Midi brings Brussels Papers, from !ff hich we have made some Extracts:— BRUSSELS, JAN. 4. Yesterday evening a British Cabinet Messenger passed through this city in his way from London to St. Petersburgh. The small pox continues its ravages at Rotterdam ; from the 27th to 31st Dec. twelve children fell victims to that crud dis order. It is inconceivable that notwithstanding the examples of the benefits of vaccination, there should still be parents so guilty to deprive their children of it. The Government has done every thing to propagate the valuable discovery of the immort4l Jenner, but old prejudices often impede it. 'the total number of deaths, by the small pox ut Rotterdam, within a short pe riod, is 211. JAW. 6.—A letter from Vienna says, that a report was in circulation that the Greek Prince VPsilanti, who has been for some years confined in the Castle of Montgatsch, in Hungary, would be shortly restored to liberty. in consequence of solicitations reczived from Warsaw from a person of high rank. JAL 6.—We understand that his Majesty has granted a further time to the advocates of Brussels, to enable themselves to comply with the decree of the 14th January, 1825, which orders that they shall plead in the national language, A simi lar delay has been granted to persons at the head of public establishments for the sante purliose. We learn that the Canal of Charleroy will anon be com menced. It was projected a century ago, and Napoleon issued a decree front the Palace of Laecken for the execution of this great work, but no steps were taken towards it. We have received the Berlin Journal and Prussian states Gazette, both of the 31st ultimo. They contain no intelligence from either Warsaw or Petersburgh. Mu. O'KEEren.---The public, who have de rived so much entertainment from the works of this dramatic veteran, will hear with regret that, in a very advanced age, and deprived of sight, he has hardly the means of decent support. Ile had enjoyed a pension of twenty pounds a year, but the Receiver of that Theatre does not con ceive himself authoriied to pay it under the re strictions of the LORD CHANCELLOR. It is not to be supposed, however, that his Lordship could have, intended that any of the restrictions which Ire deemed necessary could be intended to de prive this literary veteran of, so humble a stipend,. and so well-earned by the many successful pieCes from his pen which were first' represented at that Theatre, besides the many others which are often performed there. We think, therefore that, as the annuity in question was granted by former Pro prietors of the Theatre, and, as we understand, remained on the books, there can be little doubt that the present Proprietors would be too liberal to annul this scanty pittance to an ori.ginal and humorous writer, many of whose works %rill re- Main stock pieces on the Stage, who is old, in. arm, blind, and necessitous, and that the Re. cftiver in paying it would not only be sanctioned 47 that Lolr, CHANCELLOR, but receive his Lord• ship's approbation. We are glad to confirm the paragraph in THR Surf of yesterday, taken from a Morning Paper, that Mrs. WEBITEIt it to receive an annuity of W. a year from the Duke of NORTHUMBERLAND. Considering, however, the sacrifice 0100,0001. by her grandfather to the Northumberland Family, end the munificent character of the present I)uke, it might be hoped that the annuity would not itava butt of so very limited a description. THE FUN'Di. Collloll—Yesterday.cloeed After the Close . /41 -82 i 3 Thit; morning opened . . 82i 3 The market opened this morning with Con. cols 82i. 3, at which for a short time they were quoted buyers. From that point C 0116013 receded to 82.6, and subsequently to 82/ At one o'clock the quotation was 82.-1 83. There Las not been much business in Consols, the Market being checked by the reports in circulation, as to t h u future operations of Government. The Commissioners have purchased to day 4000 3 per Cent. Reduced at 84, and 1500 Old 31 Reduced at 901, which sums, together form an aggregate of little more than one half of their average purchases during the last quarter. According to report, the future pur. chases by the Commissioners, will not ex ceed an average of 5000 per diem, and three mil lions, as it is said, will be taken from the Sink ing Fund. Is. is added, that the Bank has agreed to hold Exchequer Bills on account of Govern ment—and will not re-issue such as come into their hands. Money, in the house, has been ~extremely plentiful, and out of doors, brat rat. Bankers Acceptances are easily convertible, but no paper of inferior rate. India Stock, ez div. . Ditto Bonds . . IS 12 pas. Bank Stock - . . 4 M. IZ:cheque( Bills, 43000 7 9 2400-7 Cr 4 pas. £lOO-9 pat. $ per Cent. Consols, ez. di,. I per Cent. Reduced per Cont. Reduced - • 81}. - • • eh. If.. .., 4 I PAr? 1. per Cent. Consols • 8 FOREIGN. The Foreign Market has been flat, with the exception of Russian Bonds, which have advanced to 851, in consequence of a report that Govern ment has received Advices of the resignation of Constantine. There is also some improve. ment in Spanish, arising from a rumour of en in insurrection in Spain, by the populace, who have demanded the re-assembling of the Cortes. Spanish now 13g. In other Foreign Securities, no material Altera. lion from the prices of yesterday. PAST L. Since one o'clock there have been some heavy bargains in Consols. A sale of 100,000 lowered the Market to 82i. Sales of similar aMoent have followed. One bargain of 20,0001. was clone at 824, but the market reco vered to 8214—presuot priCe, 84—Sellers. SHARES. In the Share Market, there have been fewer ransactions than for some days. Commercial letters from Marseilles state, that a stop had been put by high authority to the building of several ships of War at that port for the Viceroy of Egy pt. Commercial av,encies for the 'new - Amo-rican States are extending on the Continent. We learn by letters front Frankfort on the Maine, that M. Gorostiza, the Mexican Consul-General at Brus sels, has appointed as his Deputy in the Western Provinces of Prussia, Mr. C. C. Becnett, Direc tor of the Rhenish West India Company in Eber feld, and that his appointment has been suite tione,d by the Minister of the Interior at Berlin. Thus We see another European Power, though fearful of making a direct recognition of the in dependence of the lute Colonies of Spain, tacitly securing to itself the advantages of n commpr. cial intercourse with those rich countries, and following in effect the example set by England. Timer.) SirTllO6lAl Bcanom,of Sesotond, in the county of Northumberland, in accordance with his wonted custom at Christmas, gave Thirty G u i_ netts to the. Poor of Newcastle-upon-Tyne on Christmas-day, besides ordering the distribution of ten fat sheep among the indigent inhabitants of the township of Sesmond. BISHOP, the Composer, is still employed on the music of - 1 / a ddin which is in preparation as an Opera at Drury-lane Theatre, on a scale of great magnificence. Miss STEPHENS is to perform the charucter of .:41addin. VI ATII EWS made his appearance at th e Gl aggow Theatre On Tuesday evening. The house was crowded to an overflow hi every corner. Gireat numbers went away disappointed a t not b e i ng awe to get in. Th e Audience was highly de lighted with the performance of the evenin g , an d with the usual display of the unrivalled powers of the Actor. CH EATING Comscumcc.—When LULLY, the celebrated composer, was once dangerously ill, his friends sent for a Confessor, who, finding his situation critical, ond his mind touch agitated and alarmed, told him there was only one w a y by which he could obtain absolution, and that was, by burning all that he had composed of an unpublished Opera. Renton. strance was in vain. Luny burnt his music, and the Confessor withdrew. On his recovering, a Nobleman, who was hi s patron, calling to see hint, was informed of the sacrifice which be had made. " And so," said he, " you have burnt your Opera; and you are really . such a blockhead as to believe fn the obsurdities of a Monk I' " Stop, my friend, stop," said Lolly, whispering in his ear, " I knew very well what I was about--I have another copy." A lund•surveyor of the name of ASCII LuNn, at Copenhagen, has announced some important dis. coteries in the science of astronomy. According to his theory the Moon and the other Planets have their own light. FAARIONAMLE INTIMLIGENCE. DEPARTURES FROM TOWN, &c. The Marquis of Carmarthen, on a tour; the Earl of Surrey and Lord Wm. Bentinck, for Farnham, Suffolk ; Lord and Lady Anson, for Atherston hall, Warwickshire; Lord Mull.. caster, for Melton 3lowbray ; Sir Charles lbbetson, Dart. fo e Denton Hall, Yorkshire ; Colonel and Mrs. Duncombe, from Scarborough, for loath; General Sir Hussey Vivian, for Southampton. From Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-square—The Duke of Buccleugh, for Long Ditton, aucks; Lord Moan Sandford and Captain Ramsden, on a tour. From Batts' Ho. tel, Dover-street—Colonel and Mrs: Edwards, for Bath ; Mr. and Mrs. Smyth, for Gravesend ; Captain Coghlan. ARRIVALS IN TOWN. Mr. and Ludy Caroline Capel, from Paris; the Iron. George Anson, from Athereton Hall, 'Warwickshire; the Hon. Thos. Grenville, from Althorp, Northamptonshire; Lady Lemon I Mr. Lee and Mr. Hughes L-e, from Blackwood, Lancaster; Lucius H. Robinson, Esq. from Northamptonshire. At the Burlington Hotel, Old Burlington -street—The Earl of Clare, from Ireland. At Fenton's New Hotel, St. James's-street— Thomas Page, Esq. from Cobham. At the Royal Hotel, St. James's-street—The Hon. T. l icnnes, from Aylesbury. At Mivart's Hotel, Lower Brook-street-31r. and Lady Mary Stanley and family, from Yorkshire ; .1. Crampton, Esq. from Paris. At Batts' Hotel—Mr. and Mrs. Stroud, from Berk shire; Captain and Mrs. Jameson and family, from Dover; Captain Barton, from Cheltenham. At an early hour yesterday morning the Duke of York ar rived in town from a visit of condolence to the Duke of Rut land, at Belvoir Castle for the last fortni(,•ht. In the course of yesterday his Royal Highness transacted military business at his house in South Audlcy-street, with Sir Herbert Taylor, &c. Mr. Secretary Canning arrived in town yesterday morning at the Foreign Of to transact official business. On Saturday morning Mr. Secretary Peel left town for Brithton. The Marquis of Camden arrived in ,London yesterday morn ing• from his seat in Kent. The Prince de Polignac entertained the Marquis and Mar chioness of Hastings and family, and ft distinguished party at dinner yesterday, at his residence in Portland-place. , Sir Edmund Antrobus, Bart, entertained the. Duke of St. Albans, Lady Charlotte Beauclerc, Mrs. Contts, and a select parry of friends, at dinner, on Sunday, at his house in Picca dilly. The Hon. Agar and Lady Georgina EMI. hare arrived at Roehampton, from the Earl of Jersey's seat, Middleton Park, Oxfordshire. Earl Besbormigh has arrived at Enehampton, from Earl Spencer's seat, Althorp, Northamptonshire. POETRY. THE WINTER ROBIN. A suppliant to your window comes Who trusts your faith, and fears no guile t Ile claims admittance for your crumbs, And reads his passport in your smile. For cold and cheerless is the day, And he has sought the hedges round ; No berry hangs upon the spray, Nor worm, nor ant-egg, can be found t Secure his suit will be preferred, No fears his slender feet deter For sacred is the household bird That wears the scarlet stomacher I REPRESENTATION OF YORKSHIRE. TO Tilt OIENTLEMEN. CLEIIOY, ANT) FREEHOLD) Rs or THE COUNTY OF YORK. Gentlemen—The proceedings in various parts of the county, with reference to the next General Election, call upon me to de clare, without further delay, that when that event takes place, I shall again make you an offer of my services. As a portion, however, of my duty as your Reprenentative is yet to be Per formed, and an I feel anxious that the peace of so great a commu nity should not he prematurely disturbed, I abstain at present from soliciting your votes, anti only hope that I may not be pre judiced fey any pledges on yottv part, till the proper time arrives for deciding upon the merits of the various candidates who may he proposed for your choice. I have the honour to be, Gentle men, your mast faithful friend and servant, Milton, December 3t). MILTON. SPORTING I NTIMLIGENCE. STATE or THE ODDS.--' ETTING-ROOM, J AX. B. 21 to I agst Monarch 11 to 1 agst Tredrille e. 15 to 1 agst The General 2t) to 1 agst Gramarie 22 to 1 agst Advance DEI 3 to 2 smt Pnwn 3 to 2 tgit Mionnetts 3 to 1 apt Fillngree U . 23 to 1 agst Panic 29 to 1 agst Rowena 30 to 1 ♦gst Bolivar 35 to 1 agst Br. to Cedric DONICASTEI [5 to 2 art Beillainite II to I apt Belzoni 2 to 1 agst Crusader 19 to 1 ago Rachel 23 to 2 apt Elizabeth 12 to la. Henry. ST. I. r.l; tit . 18 to 1 agst Barataria 27 to 1 agst CRlypso 60 to 1 agst Hardwick. We understand that it is the intention of same liberal Members of the Corporation to move to have a Museum or Depository,of finch antiquities or interesting remains as mai be found in the City, added to time library which the Corporation are now forming. Many valuable antiquities, Roman pavements, urns, &c. have been dug up in the course of several of the city works, and lost or destroyed for want of care. The new library will be perhaps the perfect of any relating to the city and its history. Collections are made for it under the superintendence of Mr. A. 'Tay lor and several other well-infortned Members of the Committee. They have fine graphic illustra tions of Pennant's London, arranged under the heads of the several wards to which they relate, A few days since a complete set of the Gazette was purchased of Mr. Southgate, for this library, at the sum of 2501., and is considered cheap. This, we believe, is the only unique set belonging to any public body. The set at the London Institution is deficient in se veral volumes. The set at (lie Treasury is deficient in the Gazettes for 1766. There is one set at Peek's Coffeehouse, which is valued at se veral hundred pounds, that is deficient in those for 1760. The set, or rather part of a set, in the British Museum, is deficient of abo u t 3000 Ga zettes, and all those relating to time rebellion iu 1745, are wanting. Among the various tricks whith th ose who live by their wits have recou,rse to; to raise a " circulating rnediutn," the following deserves notice :—Two men have been perambulating the villages in East Kent, and with unblushing ef frontery walked into the various shops, and an. nounced they were " alga by authority," to alter their weights and measures according to the new standard. They soon busied themselves for some little time about the weights, &c., and then de. mended a fee of 10s., which in most Instances was paid.— ( County Chronicle.) THE THEATRE. COYENT-GARDEN.—The tragedy of Macbeth last night introduced a new candidate for thea trical honours, in the character of the hero of the piece. This new advettorer, we understand, is a Mr. ALLAN, who has taken the degree of M.A. at one of our Universies. Mr. ALIA?' is not wholly unknown to the public, as he appear ed in several characters at Mr. N,►'rtnAN's The atre in Catherine-street, Strand, and Macbeth' among the rest. Mr. ALLIN is about the middle stature. His figure is good and his action easy. His face is capable of expression ; he has what is styled a marking eye; his voice is strong, but not uniformly so, or it appears not equable in force, as he sinks into a low tone at the end of his sen tences, so that he can only be well under stood by those who are well acquainted with text. His performance was marked by good sense, and an evident study of the cha racter, if he did not display any extraordinary degree of critical sagacity, or rise to superior excellence in acting. His representation of the character was throughout respectable, and at times above mediocrity. With more practice he may become a very useful, if not a great, per. former, and he obviously brings more mental ac quirements to the Stage titan is generally found among its professors. We shall not attempt to trace him through the part, as we did not notice any prominent proof of superiority, but content ourselves with repeating that his performance was marked by good sense. He was very well received by the audience in general rather than by any party of private friends. A few, and but a ♦ery few hisses were heard, but they were wholly unprovoked, and must be imputed wholly to ignorance or malice. They were immediately overborne by general approbation.--Miss LACY was the Lady Macbeth. She is so spirited and judicious an actress that she could not fail to ren der the part impressive, but the delicacy of her form and features did not embody the savage majesty of form which might be expected in the murderous Heroine. Such was the turbulence of the upper gallery during the scene in which she appeart•d as in a trance, that not a syllable of what she said could be ben rd in any part of the hou.e. This is one of the irremediable evils of too large a Theatre. The House was altogether well attended. BADDEI.ErS THEATRICAL TWELFTH CAKE. Of the twelfth cake annually given in the Green-room of Drury-lane Theatre, of which the reports in circulation are greatly at variance, the following extracts from the will of the donor, limiter( Bad&ley, comedian, who performed there for many seasons, will hest explain its origin, and his other bequests of a theatrical nature.—The will bears date April 23, 1792. " lle desires to be buried near the body of Mias sherry, in the church-yard of St. Paul, Covent-garden. " To his faithful friend and companion, Mrs. Catherine Strickland, generally called and known by the name of Badde. ley, he bequeaths a life interest in Ilia house in New Store. street, and in his freehold messuage, garden, &c., at Upper Aloulsey, in the county of Surrey, with plate, furniture, &c. After her decease, the above estates, with certain monies to arise from the insurance of an annuity, to go to the Society established for the Relief of Indigent Persons belonging to Drury.lane Theatre. " The house and premises at Aloulsey to be used as an asylum for decayed actors and actresses ; and when the net produce of the property amounts to 3501. per annum, pensions are to be allowed. " Especial care to be taken to have the worsts ' Betideley's Asylum' placed in front of the house. " llia executors to publish every year his letter, as appeared In the General Advertiser, April 20, 1790, respecting the dis agreement with his unhappy wife, to prevent the world from looking on his memory in the vill anous p o i nt o f v i ew set fort h in books, pamphlets, &c. One hundred pounds Three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, which produce three per cent. per annum, is left to purchase a twelfth cake, with wine AM punch, which the Ladies and Gentlemen of Drury-lane Theatre are request ed to partake of every Twelfth Night, in the great Green. room. " Garrick's Head, Theatrical Portraits, &.c. to be placed in the Asylum at Illoubley, fur the use of the pensioners. " pensioners to give certain small sums to the poor of Mottlsey, in order to constitute them inhabitants of the Asylum, and respectable in the ayes of their neighbours. " Pensioners to spend twenty shillings on the 20th of April every year, in honour of the birth of the founder, a regalia to be worn, Rte. " Rings, &c. to the members of the School of Garrick, re voked by a codicil ; but rings to Cherie* and John Bannister, Wroughton and Dodd, likewise to the Director:4 of the Fund ; mourning ring for Garrick to John Bannister, twenty pounds to his godson, John Fox Caulfi•ld, natural son of General Burgoyne, by Susannah Caulfield, revoked in his last illness, said godson, being, as he says, well provided for by the good and worthy Earl of Derby. " Executors, Catherine Strickland, Thomas Brand,surgeon, and Richard Wroughton, with a legacy of 201.; ring and gold headed cane to Mr. Brand." BADDELPY Wits the original Motes in the School for Scandal. WEnin's NEw OPERA.—On the evening of the 23d ult. the Opera of " Euryanthe" given for the first time, before a most brilliant audience, in the Royal Opera House, at Berlin, and in fact under the special direction of the great Composer himself. As soon as he ap peared in the Orchestra, the whole house rose and greeted him with the loudest plaudits.— While the Overture was in the course of being played, frequently the most astounding applause shook the very walls of the building. All the airs were received in the most enthusiastic manner; in deed the music is every way entitled to it. Al the end of the first act, the Composer was called for, in order to receive the Otost flattering marks of approbation, a circumstance which, to our knowledge (says the Berlin Hditor), never took before in the Prussian capital: At the conclusion of the Opera, he WAS again obliged to skew him self, when a thu n d er i ng o f-applause took pl ace, such as never befo re wa s remembered up on any occasion. Mr. Vom ‘Vcnett . sots out almost im mediately, by way of Paris, for London, v;ith viewbeo to :-V7l l3 ,' r t ileThoicb out in March, expresslylhnew Opera of composed for the Proprietors of Covent-Garden Theatre. Mr. BRAIIAM is engag e d tit Covent Garden Theatre, and is expected to make his first appear. *lnce in her Freese/tut:. The Oratorios at Covent Garden Theatre this season will be on a bertie of extraordinary strength. Miss STEPHENS will again sing at the Theatre where she first established her high re potatv,ion ; and Miss P AToN, M a d ame VEhTIIIS, r Mr. AILLIPS, and Mr. Ilttan.tta, will combine their great talents with her% on the occasion, SHIPPING INTELLIGENCF, [ FROM L LOY D'S.] DEAL, JAN. 9.—lt has continued blowing strongtiern dee stward all this day.--The American brig Palafcre from her anchor and cable, and proCeeded to Dover this morn ing. The Admiral Cockburn drove a little last night,. but halt brought up again with a second anchor. PORTSMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Wind E. N. E., blowing very hard. —Arrived the Fanny, Davories, from &Elden , : and the Aid, Grey, from Sunderland. Sailed the Arabella,Didenerk, far Lisbon ; Speedwell, Ilapnington, fur Cork ; and Concord, Ranson, fer Sunderland. FALdtO T fr, JAN. 8.--. Win- N., fresh gaiiea t►trd dears-- Sailed the Perseverance, Thomas, for Tampico. • h; The Intrepid, Metcalf,' from Alexandria to Lirettiatil, was driven on shore near the Skerries, and it was feared would p to pieces. The Hector, Eldridge, fl•om Antigua to Loadgla; arrived stt Bermuda with damage, and was expected to sill 'tip& about the 13th December. The above vessel sailed from Antigua oa the 111th October, and being so considerably out of time, that 70 per cent, was done on her at Lloyd's on Saturday lait The Marian, Harvey, and Letitia, fvoin Quebec; Sampson, --, and Fame, ----, bound to. Drogheda, and Elizabeth, Edwards, bound to Dundalk, were driven oa share at Dublin on Friday. The Rover, Aiken, from Ipswich to Liverpool ; and 'Susan, nab, Lewis, front London to iJ undalk, were driven e n s h ore at Carlingfordthe 4th inst. The Perseverance, Clarson, from Newport to Glasgow, foundered near Dunmore the 6th inst.; crew saved, CORONERS' INVESTS. DREADFUL CATASTROPHE. Yesterday, at twelve o'clock, Mr. CARTER, thts . Coroner for Kent, and a most respectable Jury, assembled at the sign of the Eagle and Lamb, Eltham, to inquire into the circumstances which led to t h e melancholy death of Mr. Ed, Topham, who was accidentally shot by his uncle. - Mr. Samuel Ni 7 hitaker deposed, that he bad known the de, ceased for several years ; he was brouht up by his uncle, M r . Stephen Topham, of t hi s town . On Tuesday last witness wit a on a visit at the above gentleman's • house the deceased was there. On the following (lay, witness, the deceased, and his uncle, went into a paddock at a small distance from the house, with their guns, for the purpose of shooting pigeons.'which were to be let out of a cage . Af ter some preliminary, shooting commenced, and several of the birds were shot. The deceased was in the act of opening the cage, when a pigeon escaped, and the uncle discharging his piece before the deceased was out of danger, lodged the contents in his head ; the deceased instantly cried out, " Oh, my dear uncle, yo u have killed me." Witness ran toward s' the deceased, and prevented him from falling on the ground. The unfortunate uncle appeared horror struck at what he had done, and ran, in a state of dia., traction, towards the house, to alarm his domestics ; in the mean time witness shpported the deceased, who was perfectly insen, sible till the arrival of one of Mr, Topham's , servants, when they carried the deceased into the house. Surgical assistance arrived in a short time, and every thing was done for the de, ceased, but of no avail, as he expired m about two hours and a half after the calamity occurred. Witness is thoroughly convinced that it was purely accidental. CORONER—To your knowledge, were the deceased and his uncle always on good terms ? Witness—Certainly; they were remarkably partial td each other. Juror—At what distance was the deceased from his. uncle when the piece was discharged ? Witness—About 16 paces. A servant of Mr. Topham, sen. was called, but his evidence only went to confirm that of the last witness as to his master and the deceased being on good terms. The Jury, after conulting about ten minutes, brought ip a verdict of Death, with a Deocland of 11. on the piece. The deceased was the son of the late Colonel Tophar4 and a promising young man of 19 years of age. AWFUL SUDDEN DEATH. Yesterday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, an Inquisition was. taken at the Bird and Cage public-house, Stanitiird-hill, before J. 1 7 wwlx, Esq., the Coroner, and a respectable Jury, on view or the hotly of Mrs. Jane Elsworth, -a lady .of property, lodging in that neighbourhood. The following was the evi dence adduc e d f or the consideration of the Jury : Mrs. Lucy Barker examined— On last Thursday the di. ceased, who had lodged at toy house for the last 7 year*, Warn out to spend the evring at the house and with the family of Mr. Jones, a gentleman resillin; in the neighbourhood.-- She returned home about one o'clock in the morning, and shortly afterwards retired to bed. She appeared at the, time in good health and spirits. On the following morning, .not coming down at her usual hour, I went up to her room and called her several times, bat not receiving an answer, I went to her bedside and placed my hand on her face which was quits cold ; I instantly alarmed the servants, and acquainted her friends of the circumstance. A medical gentleman was sent for, and it was discovered that she must have been dead for some time. The bed-clothes were quite undisturbed when first saw the deceased, so that I think she must have died-with., out a struggle. She was about fifty years of age, and lived oil her private fOrtune. Mr. 'turner, a surgeon, residing in Clanton, stated that ht saw the deceased on Friday morning, and it was his 01) 4110 4 that she died of an apoplectic fit during the night. The Jury, after a few moment's consultatinn, returned a verdict that the deceased—" Died by.the visitation of liod." THE lIALNABY ESTATE.---Lady Dorothy Mil. bank was the favourite of Mary Queen of Seols, but got into disgrace on the affair of the murder of David Rizzi°, in which her husband wea L sou.. cerned. She soon afterwards tied, and Sold ginger -b r e a d own' the bridg e o f Berwick-upon- Tweed ; by whi c h, an d t h e a ddi t i ona l b ounty of her custo mers , s h e actually saved 8001., with which she p urc h ase d the Halitaby estate, in this ; county, now i n t h e Milb an k family awl with the proceeds o f t h e rent (for she lived very spa. ringly, dyi ng a t the age of 830 site purchased the estates in Durham and N ot humberluod, the rental of whi c h, a f ew years ngo, was 1'1,9004 per annum.—(Leeds Intellige neer j It ORRERY Pit ETENTED.--011 Friday evening, • between five and six o'clock, a daring att , :mpt was nettle to rob the premises of Messrs.. Amory and Cothill, silk-manufacturers, Prineess,itrStets Spitalfields, but was defeated by the vigilance atsd activity of two constables of that parish, named Barrs and Almond. The officers, it seems, had received an intimation that some suspicious. looking persons had been observed lurking about the premises. They itmeediately repaired to the spot in different routes, and meeting near Messrs. Amory and Cuthill's house, took two young men into custody whom they found Inrking about the outside. An alarm being tints given, a man oho had entered the premises, opened a. *in, done, and jumped out, but was instantly secured by one of the officers, who on searching a banalle he had hrought out With hint, found several bob bins of silk, %titbt had been taken from the weigh. ing room. The officers also found on the prisoners at their lodgings, in Wentworth -street, White. chapel, a dark lantern and phosphorus box, a variety of picklock-keys, files, chissels, a vice, &c. Amongst the housebreaking instruments thus found, was one of a novel and very ingenious construction, a compound of the lever anti tltw screw, so Cortiiiiited as to exert a high detree of power on any object to a hich it might bo',ao aPd few doors would be found to retail its A application. Th e various parts are so couatruvesi as to pack in a small compass, antl - to'be 'oc•itifitsd with perfect ease in the pocket, The robbers, on entering Messrs. Amory and COthilyst:pie. mises, had taken the precaution 'of 'clositif th e window shutters after them, ' it is supposed that had they not ber'lltleitucbrtie it Was their intention to remain cOncesied Instil 'the dead n ( night ) and plunder Shit ereinists At their lipliArt„